“Our attitude before the game was very determined, we were a little bit slow at the start of the game, but there was a feeling within the squad that we needed to win, especially with the games we have coming up, and we did the job,” he said.

“I never told anyone that Mourinho is going to Chelsea or another club. I’m not a person who does things like that,” said the Dortmund coach whose side travel to face Mourinho’s Real Madrid tomorrow night in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final.

According to reports in Bild, CNN sports correspondent Tancredi Palmeri has announced on Twitter that Mourinho recent met with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to outline Falcao’s signing as one of the conditions to his mooted return.

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